Like I needed another thing to dislike about Coulter

[Muttocracy]

Sorry if this is old news, I just heard it tonight. I won't visit her blog, but apparently she's been making fun of one of the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences at Cornell University - the college Keith Olbermann and I attended (and both graduated from early). She graduated from the Arts and Sciences College.

http://cornellsun.com/section/news/content/2009/03/09/pundits-argue-over-validity-cals-degrees

I had to take years of chemistry, physics, and calculus in the Arts College. They are not parallel educations. I had no idea whether my biology professors were based in Arts or Ag, nor whether most of my fellow biology majors were in Arts or Ag. I have friends who are biology professors who graduated from each college.

She CHOSE to attend Cornell University - founded by Ezra Cornell, a farmer, inventor, entrepreneur, statesman, and general genius as far as I'm concerned, but a FARMER. He wanted students to learn practical skills. I didn't know Coulter was such a fan of music and arts education over things like business and science.

I hope this means she'll start following the political philosophy of her fellow Arts grads like Bill Maher and Ruth Bader Ginsburg.

Kudos to the Ag school and Keith for taking the high road. After I read this article and typed this little rant, I looked up Keith's clip from earlier this week mentioned in the article. As the Ag school representative said, well done, my fellow Aggie! :)

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/3036677/#29539156

[AndyTiedye]

1. She Would Do Well as the "Wicked Witch of the West"

[MrPerson]

2. I saw Wicked. She'd be better as Glinda.

[Muttocracy]

4. She's vile. I kinda wish the Arts College would publicly disown her! nt

[Muttocracy]

3. There's a great editorial in the student paper I just found

(note to non-Cornellians - Cornell doesn't give honorary degrees)

http://cornellsun.com/section/opinion/content/2009/03/09/honorary-degree-just-once

Op-Ed
An Honorary Degree: Just This Once

March 9, 2009 - 12:00am

By Eric Finkelstein

...

In the course of trying to take down Olbermann, however, she inexplicably set out to destroy the reputation of six of the seven undergraduate schools and colleges at Cornell. Thankfully, the ridiculousness of her claims seems to have made this attempt unsuccessful.

...

First, it’s the COLLEGE of Arts and Sciences. It’s not a “School.” A school only has one major. A COLLEGE has many majors. You’d think Ms. Coulter would have known that, given that she’s such a proud alumna of the arts COLLEGE. But, you’d have guessed wrong.

Second, it’s one thing to attempt to make a reasoned (but clearly wrong) argument that the land-grant schools (and maybe the hotel school) aren’t part of the “Ivy” portion of Cornell University, but is she really trying to make the case that the engineering and architecture schools are “non-Ivy”? On top of this, the “Ivy League” Coulter speaks of is nothing more than an athletic conference. And, as far as I know, students from all of the undergraduate colleges at Cornell are allowed to participate on the varsity athletic teams.

Additionally, as Olbermann pointed out on his show late last week, both the College of Arts and Sciences and the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences have acceptance rates of 1-in-5. Ms. Coulter also failed to mention that every Cornell student, regardless of the school from which one graduated, gets exactly the same diploma.

I would have thought that someone who graduated from the proclaimed “only Ivy League school at Cornell” would know how do to do better research. But, then again, I graduated from the land-grant School of Industrial and Labor Relations. So, I’m clearly an imbecile.

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As far as I’m concerned, if this is how Ms. Coulter feels about her time on The Hill and about her fellow Cornellians, and if this is what a Cornell degree — any Cornell degree — means to her, well, the maybe she should just give it back.

And, assuming she returns it, I wonder if, this May, maybe Cornell could give out just one honorary degree:

A communication degree for Ann Coulter — from the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences.

[upi402]

7. good post. she tries to be classist and always ends up classless

Coultergeist is the blaring siren of conservatism's failed paradigm.

[UTUSN]

5. She don't care about legit issues -- she cares about "swarthy Arab dudes" n/t

[Berry Cool]

6. Ann Coulter doesn't know shit about the Ivy League or the State University of New York.

Cornell and SUNY should correct her on this, and make her shut her effing piehole.

All they have to do, without taking anyone's side, is point out the facts: the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences at Cornell receives some SUNY funding, but it is NOT part of SUNY; rather, the college has a "contract" relationship with SUNY and hence receives some funding from state sources as do the SUNY institutions. However, the ag college is part of Cornell and, as KO pointed out so well on his show last week, its graduates receive diplomas from Cornell.

It's a strange kind of relationship, but that's how it is. And if that's not Ivy League enough for Coultergeist, you know where she can cram it.